Sniping at Starbucks. Latte foam on the street. From Federal Triangle to McPherson Square to Dupont Circle - the shape of our government is changing. And, it's getting ugly in Uncle Sam's gang land. Civil servants are no longer civil. The tone in and around the Beltway changed when the iPhone bust onto the streets. The BlackBerry-iPhone feud is setting a new vibe, pitting cube mate against cube mate, fracturing departments - even dividing families.

Who'da guessed fruit could be so divisive? So, who are your homies and what does your gang connection say about you?

Well, BlackBerry means business. The Apple means pleasure - hasn't it always? If your boss sees you fooling with your BlackBerry, you're a workaholic. If they see you with your iPhone, you're goofing off. Did you know you can program your DVR at home from an iPhone? Yeah, there's an app for that.

The iPhone screams hip and devil-may-care. The BlackBerry whispers stodgy and uptight. Even the iPhone app names say cool - "Urban Spoon" would be "Restaurant Guide" if it were a BlackBerry app.

The BlackBerry says muscle. The iPhone says bling. If signal quality, battery life, and durability matter most, bite the Berry. The iPhone leaves the BlackBerry in the dust as an Internet browser. If fast, pretty, and intuitive matter to you, chew on the Apple.

In the movies, the piece you pack speaks volumes about you - from Dirty Harry to Bond to Kermit the Frog. The phone is our weapon of choice. And, most of us only have room for one heater in our purse. But, hold the phone - newsflash. There's a special group of renegades who think they can play both sides of the street. Yep, I'm talking 'bout the "two-phoner" crew - double-fist gang sign. These schizos think it's cool to wear a BlackBerry on one hip and pack an iPhone in a pocket - and that never works the other way around. They're lawless types. Don't believe me? Heard one Federal CIO say "I'm married to my BlackBerry, but I'm having an affair with my iPhone." Approach two-phoners with extreme caution.

Typical of gang cultures - the feud has created its own language. The "crackberry" - we need to shake America's drug dependence. The BlackBerry "yawn" - when one person checks their phone, so does everybody else. BlackBerry "chin" - aging eyes confront poor font settings. Set to "stun" - new approach to silencing. Do you think people are really laughing out loud when they write LOL?

And, what, I hear you ask, about people that opt out of the feud - those that don't like fruit? What about Droiders? The Google gang is new to our 'hood. The Droid says nonconformist. It's too early to tell how these anarchists will fare. Oh, and what about people whose phones aren't smart? Time to hang it up, homie - and shame on you if you bring a knife to a gun fight...